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Show SUBMITTING SULLENLY TO ORDEAL Nicholas of Famous "BoodI ing Board" Spends Tedious Day on Stand San Francisco, April 16. Submitting Submit-ting vitta sullen resignation to an ordeal or-deal that appears more disagreeable with each repetition, Ferdinand P. Nicholas, first of the procession of former supervisors who composed the "hoodllng board" of the Schniltz administration, admin-istration, gave to the jury today his ac- count of the transaction In which he Is alleged to have accepted $1,000, offered by Patrick Calhoun, president of tho United railroads, as a bribe for a permit per-mit to erect tho overhead trolley on certain cable lines owned by the corporation. cor-poration. Throughout a long and tedious ted-ious day, Nicholas occupied tho stand, passing" from tho Interrogations of the prosecution to the less, tender questioning question-ing of the defense, with the people again directing the examination when the trial was ndjourned to next Monday. Mon-day. Assistant District Attorney Heney conducted the examination disclosing the relations of Nicholas with James L- Gallagher who, 'according to the testimony, paid him $1,000 In two equal Installments as a bribe for his vote upon the trolley permit. Mr. Heney departing from the precedent established In former cases, confined his Interrogations to the trolley case, but when Nicholas was turned over to Earl Rogers of tho Calhoun staff for cross-examination, the Inquiry was enlarged en-larged to Include the allegations relating re-lating to payment of bribes by the gas company, tho prle fight trust, the Home and Pacific States Telephone companies and the Parkside Realty company. Time and again Mr. Rogers forced Nicholas to admit that he knew he was receiving a bribe when he took the money from Gallagher; that he would have voted for the trolley without with-out anv underhand consideration if he had been left to the dictates of his own conscience and that he confidently expected ex-pected to escapo the legal consequences consequen-ces of any of the crimes he had confessed. con-fessed. Mr. Rogers drew from tho w itness the open and defiant admission that he was guilty of bribery on two counts and that he had committed perjury. per-jury. Mr. Rogers went far Into the matter of Immunity granted the former supervisors, sup-ervisors, and Nicholas, after many evasive replies, said that his understanding under-standing of the agreement was "that Rudolph Spreckles was handling the matter of immunity." adding that ho had once interviewed Mr. Spreckels after being given Gallagher's assurance assur-ance that the contract would apply to all members of the board who confessed. con-fessed. Nicholas tried to give an account of what ho had done with tho $13,725 he admitted having received in all the deals while a member of the board, but was unable to account for more than $5,000. Half a dozen times during the day the opposing counsel engaged in long wrangles over points of law, and upon these occasions, Alexander S. King of Georgia, and A. A. Moore, of the defense; de-fense; alternated In presenting their side of the Issues to the court. JuJge William P. Lawior once warned warn-ed A. A. Moore that he must refrain from asking any question that appeared appear-ed insulting; but, upon the whole, tho session was orderly by comparison with the opening of preceding trials. Mr. Heney created something of. a stir by addressing the court at tho end of the day and declared he had been advised by his physician not to engage en-gage in, the trial. 'He registered an objection to prolonged sessions of court, and Judge Iawlor stated that it was not his present intention to sit beyond the usual hour. Mr. Heney was attended during tho day by two bodyguards and the squad of 'police on duty at Carpenter's hall was increased by six officers in plain clothe6, who were seated among the attorneys and the spectators. San Francisco, April 16. Surrounded Surround-ed by an Imposing array of counsel composed of Alexander S. King, of Atlanta, Ga.,Earl Rogpr6, a prominent criminal lawyer of Los Angeles; A; A. Moore, his son, Stanley, William M. Abbott and Louis F. Bylngtoh, former district attorney here, the trial of Tatriclc Calhoun, . president of the United Railroads and prominent in financial circles In half a dozen eastern east-ern cities, who is charged with bribery, brib-ery, was actually begun this morning. morn-ing. - |